Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-05-13

emigration from time into eternity keeps
three ourths Of the families 81 the earth in
| desolation. The air is rent with farewels
and the black tasseled vehicles of death rum
+ be through every s5reets h.ia ssgps 6s.ssfsi.s
faaThe b6dy of thes child that wasafolded sc.
closely to the mothers heart is put away in
+ Shese0ld eaaH the, darkness, .4Eha daughter
Fsfieezesto theiginl'srlip and them scatters
The.boy in the haruestfeld of .Shunam says
FaMys headlsmy headl2l and they carry hin
honae.to dieomthe lap his mother. Widow
fihood standswith tragedies of. woe struck int
the pallor of the,ehsek. . Orphanagel cries, IL
vain. for fathenand mother. Oh, the grave
cruel 18th teeth Of stone, it clutches for it
prey. Between the closing gates of the
E,sepuEherY our hearts y are imapgledl fan,
crushed. Is there any earthly solacel
None, I'VE, come. to the. obsequies, W
sit, with the grief stricken, we talk pathet
caf1y to their soul; bit soon the obsequies
have passed, the carriages have leftus at tn .
door, the friends who stayed for a few day
have gone, and the heart sits in desolatio
listening for theittie feet that will never agaia
phtber tffrohghs the ball, or looking for til
d entrance of those who will ,neyer come agai
| signing into the darkness-ever and ancg
| coming across Some book or garment, or lit
4 shoe orapietars,s tfaty afauses. former assoc
I atipn,i almost diillingftha heart.i n II aas
loo Long days and nights Of suffering that we;
out the spirit and expqnge the bright lines
life, and give haggardness to tie. face, al {
Il draw the flesh tight down over theeheed bon
/ and draw dark lines undF the, snnksssns eye
|, and the hand is tremnlous, and the voice y
husky and uncertain, and the grief Is weae s
t'ing. grinding accufnulating, texhaustingsf Y
~ Now, what asse seclfto dos Are they msrei +
a 49, h.~pz t.ftx
.sssssc S;Gy "a II ~ - 4 ~ q sfs1''.,ss
unfed Of ST. SIN, uiisheltsred by overaicliliig
itfees 'Hzygod turned us out on the bafreil
coinrilog.tosiies Oh, mol nd lnol ,Heghas netg
!, He comes with sympathy anpl kindness and
love. He understands all our grief. He sees
thfe, height and the depth and the length and
the Breadth Of it. He ~ the only one the q
can fully ,sympathize Csiaad j tell jesus,
Sometimes. when we aaYes Ge9l0te We 20 "a
our friends and we explain lit, ard they T.
to isyymlpathize; but they do hot Understands
They cannot understand its But Chr1sU 80
all overit, and all ,threugh,itid He not onssj
counts the tears and records the groans, b4s.
before the tears started, before the groal !
| began, Christ saw the inhiost hiding place df
your sorrow; and he takes it, q and sf2
weighs it, and he measures it, ara
| he pities it with an all absorbing pity. Boz
| of our bone Flesh of our flesh Heart
our heart Sorrow. of our sorrow.s.s .,..s56 ~
lgie As long as he, remembers Lazarus grave ~
| will stand BIZ you in the cemetery As ioy
as he remeeinibefs his W. 5tzit6teak b1 1.
stand by you in the leaer 2sil 81 yss aft
| tions. When heg fofgets che feotsore Way
| the sleepless nights, the weary body, the ex-
| hausted mind, the awful cross, the Solemn
| grave, then he viii forget you, but not tinti
Linen. t ~ ss.ttF t3fst LIZA itig s.sfS sd Ifisl
| L. Often when we were in trouble we sent
our friends; but they were far away, tho
could not get to' Us. We wrote to the
"C6me right'away;n orr Selsgraphed, STA
the next train.n They came at last, yet We
a great while in coming, OF perhaps were tQl
late. But Christ is always near.before "
behind you, within you. No mother evF
threw her arms around her child with ST ia
warmth and ecstasy of affection as Christ IS
| shown toward. you. Close at hand-nea al
| than the staff upon which you lean, nea
than the cup which you put to your Ii S!
lsnearer than the HANDKERCHIEF ,vithtwhich y93
wipe away your tears-ZI preach him an eH -
present, all sympathizing, compassion
Jesus How can you stay away one NONE
| from him with your griefss Gonowz GoaLl
tell Jesus. 53t4 L. ;.t.Ig,.4f4; Ia .sF9o35
] 1t is often that our friends have no poy'eg
to relieve US. They would very much like ID
| do it; but they cannot disentangle otl
l finances they cannot cure our sickness ana
raise our dead; but glory be to God that hs
| to whom the disciples went has all power n
| heaven and on earth, and at our call he wiz
B balk our calamities and, at just the'risi's
| time, in the presence of an applaudipg earth
| and a, resounding heaven, will raise, our de9d
| He will do it. He is mightier than Hero0
He 'swifter than the storm. .Hefis grandss
4 Nv
| every sword of Gods omnipotence will ls$Lg
from its scabbard, and all the resources of i3ys
! e;4- hn> -a,sha1Ietad rather than thai ffot4 M
| him for rescue. ia s- I u. ~
| Suppose your child was in trouble, bgy
| much would you endure to get him out! YQD
| would go through any hardship. You woas,l
say: II don't care what it will cost! / mist
get him out of that trouble. u : fe5l.i telisiss
Do YOU think God is not SO good father
! as you? Seeing you are in trouble, and hav
ing all power, will he not stretch out his arm
and deliver youa He will. ., He is mighty to
save. He can level the mountain ard diyids
| the sea, and can extinguish the fire and saYe
the soul Not dim of eye, not weak Of aStn,
not feeble of resources, but with alleteaqiibFs
| and the universe at his, feet. Go aRd s
Jesus Will you? Ye whose checks ~ vi 8tsi
Nth the night dew Of the grave:.
| cannot look up; ye whose heassss
with the breath of a sirocco; 5
the religion of Jesus Christ
| burden and wipes AWAIT
iivers every captive e. ss
sness, I.implore yors5s n n ,sSs
A little child ,g,ssss q 4s Ssss ~
| captain, to sg Il n M ssS,,
l anne the tie BE449s9 We 6
/ Aened. ana il, ghe nj gh6 rushed out o.
| and said. slV here is fathers where is fathsYn
J The. they told her: Father is on deck g Gid
1 in@ the vessel and watching the storm > TIE
/ little child Immediately returned to her bsrth
and said: dts all right, for fathers on
4 deck.n Oh, we who are tossed and driven iu
| this world, up by the mountains and down by
the valleys, and at your wits end, l want yau
4 to know the Lord Godi is guiding the sfip
| Your Father is on deck. He will bring y9u
| through the darkness into the harbor. Trust
in the Lord. Go and tell Jesus. Let me say
u that if you do not you will have no comfort
here, and YOU will forever be an ,outcast and
a wanderer Your death will be a So
Your eternity will be a disaster.
But if you go to him for pardon ans
Il uathy, all is well. Everything will ibrif
up, and Joy will come to the heart AID So
will depart; your sins will be forgiven
your foot will tohcR the upward path
the shining messengers that rehortS#
what is done here will tell it until FAN s
arches of God resound with the gl8gNs
, | if now, with contrition and full ssg
of soul, you will only go and tel
But am oppressed, when "a
audience, at the prospect thsla
take this counsel, and g. avg
cannot help asking what ~
of these peoples So nas # @
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place ON this platforssss.s "a e
that now is the as ST.
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men q burst into tears. AT that niofqeft,
wbe. ssery one supposed he would 2e 4, tss
tpree sss exultation, he broke down IN grtef.
IL Ths, asked him Why he 9st& J" An, F9is
r sail, / weep at the thought that SO sock 81
-sis host Will be dead.N So Istand lo9kiae ii
>upon this host OF. immortal men and YotilI
and realize She fact, as perhaps no mat '4.sh
liatless he has been in samilay position tts
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